Morning Jolt: Elmore Leonard dies at 87

Author Elmore Leonard died at the age of 87, CNN reported this morning. Leonard was a popular writer of crime and Western novels and also was a screenwriter. His best-known works are "Get Shorty,...

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Posted Aug. 20, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Aug 20, 2013 at 6:00 AM

Posted Aug. 20, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Aug 20, 2013 at 6:00 AM

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Author Elmore Leonard died at the age of 87, CNN reported this morning. Leonard was a popular writer of crime and Western novels and also was a screenwriter. His best-known works are "Get Shorty," "Out of Sight," "Hombre," "Mr. Majestyk" and "Rum Punch," which was made into the movie "Jackie Brown." Leonard's short stories became the movie "3:10 to Yuma" and the TV show "Justified," among others.

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